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By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady BLR founder and CEO Bob Brady invites you to “test drive” the new and improved Compensation.BLR.com website. Making life easier for our readers Almost 3 years ago, we made a breakthrough discovery that led to the complete redesign of our flagship website, HR.BLR.com. The original site was our […]
By David G. Wong Until recently, the damages awarded by Canadian human rights tribunals, courts, and arbitrators across the country for human rights violations were relatively modest. In the past few years, we have seen those awards increase, although not to an outrageous level. But that might all be changing, as two recent decisions out […]
Research and studies indicate that members of the LGBTQ community, racial minorities, women, individuals who practice different religions, and those who have a disability still experience workplace discrimination. Here’s how you can inspire a more inclusive company culture that works toward dispelling as many instances of discrimination in the workplace as possible.
With the confirmation of Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Secretary and Keith Sonderling as Deputy Secretary, the leadership team at the Department of Labor (DOL) is finally in place. However, numerous questions about the department’s future course persist. New Heads Former U.S. Representative Chavez-DeRemer was an unexpected nominee. A Teamster-supported advocate for unions and a rare Republican […]
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Friedman, who offered his comments on the future of business and HR at the SHRM Annual Convention and Exposition held recently in Orlando, Florida, says there are two burning questions today: One, What are the big tech changes reshaping our world? and two, How is my kid going to get a job? Middle Class Jobs […]
Much as most employers would like to impose a ban on discussion of pay—not to suggest that there are embarrassing inequities in your pay structure—it’s not legal because the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) says it interferes with Section 7 rights.
Executive Summary Human resource metrics are a must for every HR department Human resource management must align human resource metrics with the business metrics of their organization Human resource metrics should focus on results, not activities Human resource metrics have become a requirement for every modern HR department to show the organizational value of money […]
It came as no great surprise that the U.S. Supreme Court withheld its opinion on two landmark decisions on same-sex marriage rights until the last decision day of the 2012-2013 term. This, however, would be the only lack of surprise of the day, as the Court delivered two opinions that significantly change the landscape for […]
Training and education are key parts of the employee development plans for many organizations, and for those in which they aren’t, they should be. Obviously, employers would love to hire employees who are well-educated and highly experienced in their industry; however, according to a recent CBS News interview with LinkedIn Editor-in-Chief Dan Roth, businesses are […]